Tax Watch poll: How should Yonkers fund its $1.7 billion school construction program?

The Commission of Inquiry into the Finance of the City of Yonkers issued a report two weeks ago, concluding that the plan as proposed by the city schools would end up costing taxpayers tens of millions of dollars more than if the city used traditional means of funding, through the sale of municipal bonds. Do you think that private investors should still be involved?

Veteran journalist David McKay Wilson has written about public affairs for more than 30 years, including 21 years at The Journal News, and several years as a regular contributor to The New York Times. A Sharfman Fellow in economics at Brandeis University, Wilson was honored by the Education Writers Association in 2010 for his analysis of economists’ growing role in U.S. education policy and in 2012 for his reporting on suburban schools and cheating by those who administer standardized tests.